Coopers dip tin

Name/Title

Coopers dip tin

Entry/Object ID

5112

Description

This is a tin of Cooper's Powdered Sheep Dip, controls lice, itch mite, etc. 5lb arsenic dip that used to be in small plastic bags in the tin. You would open the bag and pour into the dip water, yellow dust everywhere, 66% arsenic powder everywhere, tin says "not suitable for humans beings " thankfully now banned in the 80's but not before much damage to the marketing of wool and the environmental contamination at sites where it was used, even today.

Collection

Tins